After several weeks without saying a rude word to anyone, he seems to have reverted to type.
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revert to type — see ↑revert • • • Main Entry: ↑type … Useful english dictionary
revert to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms revert to : present tense I/you/we/they revert to he/she/it reverts to present participle reverting to past tense reverted to past participle reverted to 1) revert to something to return to a previous state or … English dictionary
revert — re|vert [ rı vɜrt ] verb * re vert to phrasal verb transitive 1. ) revert to something to return to a previous state or way of behaving, often one that is not good: If you revert to your old eating habits, you ll gain weight again. The house… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
revert — verb revert to sb/sth phrasal verb (T) 1 to go back to a former condition or habit, especially one that was bad: As soon as they stopped farming, the land reverted to wilderness. | He had reverted to lazing in bed and coming in late to work. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
revert — /rəˈvɜt / (say ruh vert) verb (i) 1. to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc. 2. to go back in thought or discourse, as to a subject. 3. Biology to return to an earlier or primitive type. 4. Law to go back or return to the… …
revert — ► VERB (revert to) 1) return to (a previous state, condition, etc.). 2) Biology return to (a former or ancestral type). 3) Law (of property) return or pass to (the original owner) by reversion. ORIGIN Latin revertere turn back … English terms dictionary
Revert — Re*vert , v. i. 1. To return; to come back. [1913 Webster] So that my arrows Would have reverted to my bow again. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
revert — [ri vʉrt′] vi. [ME reverten < OFr revertir < VL * revertire, for L revertere < re , back + vertere, to turn: see VERSE] 1. to go back in action, thought, speech, etc.; return, as to a former practice, opinion, state, or subject 2. Biol.… … English World dictionary
revert — [[t]rɪvɜ͟ː(r)t[/t]] reverts, reverting, reverted 1) VERB When people or things revert to a previous state, system, or type of behaviour, they go back to it. [V to n] Jackson said her boss became increasingly depressed and reverted to smoking… … English dictionary
type — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 kind/sort ADJECTIVE ▪ distinct, distinctive, specific, well defined ▪ certain, particular ▪ certain types of cancer … Collocations dictionary
